In a recent interview with the New York Times, Microsoft Co-Founder, Bill Gates talked about his ardent love and deep understanding of books. Yes, the man behind one of the biggest software companies in the world is a reader. He reads up to 50 books in a year! “It is one of the chief ways that I learn, and has been since I was a kid,” he tells NY Times. “These days, I also get to visit interesting places, meet with scientists and watch a lot of lectures online. But reading is still the main way that I both learn new things and test my understanding.”

Over the course of the conversation, Gates goes on to reveal the names of five books that have had an impact on him, in some way or the other. By the way, did you know that the man runs a blog? It’s called Gates Notes—here’s a link if you need (I think you should need) (www.gatesnotes.com) --where he even reviews books. And according to his blog, there are another 5 books that he rates as some of his best reads for the year 2016.

Without much further ado, here’s presenting the very coveted list of books that have influenced Bill Gates enough to talk about them—in interviews and on his own blog. Go on and add them to your list of must-reads!

1. The Magic Of Reality

“This year I enjoyed Richard Dawkins’s ‘The Magic of Reality’, which explains various scientific ideas and is aimed at teenagers. Although I already understood all the concepts, Dawkins helped me think about the topics in new ways. If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t really understand it.”

3. Thing Explainer

“When I looked back at the books I read this year, I realized that a lot of them touch on the theme of ‘how things work’. Some, like Randall Munroe’s ‘Thing Explainer’, are written exactly for that reason. He uses diagrams paired with the most common 1,000 words in the English language to explain complicated ideas.”

4. Business Adventures

“One book that was especially fun to highlight was ‘Business Adventures’, by John Brooks. This is the first book Warren Buffett recommended to me after we met in 1991, and it is still the best business book I have ever read. Brooks deserves to be much better known than he is. Although he wrote in the 1960s, the issues he talks about are still relevant today. ‘Business Adventures’ went out of print decades ago and Brooks died in 1993, but his family was nice enough to let me post one chapter called “Xerox Xerox Xerox Xerox” on my blog.”

5. The Rosie Project

“I don’t read a lot of fiction but was surprised by how much I loved the novel ‘The Rosie Project’, by Graeme Simsion. Melinda read it first and kept stopping to recite parts of it out loud to me. Eventually, I decided to take a look. I started it one night at 11 p.m. and stayed up with it until 3 a.m. It is very funny, while also showing a lot of empathy for people who struggle in social situations. After I sent it and the sequel (‘The Rosie Effect’) to dozens of friends and wrote about it on my blog, I heard from a lot of people who were touched by it. There is talk of turning it into a movie, which I hope happens. Rosie and Don Tillman would make a great on-screen couple.”

6. String Theory

“This book has nothing to do with physics, but its title will make you look super smart if you’re reading it on a train or plane. ‘String Theory’ is a collection of five of Wallace’s best essays on tennis, a sport I gave up in my Microsoft days and am once again pursuing with a passion. You don’t have to play or even watch tennis to love this book. The late author wielded a pen as skillfully as Roger Federer wields a tennis racket. Here, as in his other brilliant works, Wallace found mind-blowing ways of bending language like a metal spoon.”

7. Shoe Dog

“This memoir, by the co-founder of Nike, is a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like: messy, precarious, and riddled with mistakes. I’ve met Knight a few times over the years. He’s super nice, but he’s also quiet and difficult to get to know. Here Knight opens up in a way few CEOs are willing to do. I don’t think Knight sets out to teach the reader anything. Instead, he accomplishes something better. He tells his story as honestly as he can. It’s an amazing tale.”

8. The Gene

“Doctors are deemed a “triple threat” when they take care of patients, teach medical students, and conduct research. Mukherjee, who does all of these things at Columbia University, is a “quadruple threat,” because he’s also a Pulitzer Prize– winning author. In his latest book, Mukherjee guides us through the past, present, and future of genome science, with a special focus on huge ethical questions that the latest and greatest genome technologies provoke. Mukherjee wrote this book for a lay audience, because he knows that the new genome technologies are at the cusp of affecting us all in profound ways.”

9. The Myth Of The Strong Leader

“This year’s fierce election battle prompted me to pick up this 2014 book, by an Oxford University scholar who has studied political leadership—good, bad, and ugly—for more than 50 years. Brown shows that the leaders who make the biggest contributions to history and humanity generally are not the ones we perceive to be “strong leaders.” Instead, they tend to be the ones who collaborate, delegate, and negotiate—and recognize that no one person can or should have all the answers. Brown could not have predicted how resonant his book would become in 2016.”

10. The Grid

“This book, about our aging electrical grid, fits in one of my favorite genres: “Books About Mundane Stuff That Are Actually Fascinating.” Part of the reason I find this topic fascinating is because my first job, in high school, was writing software for the entity that controls the power grid in the Northwest. But even if you have never given a moment’s thought to how electricity reaches your outlets, I think this book would convince you that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world. I think you would also come to see why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean-energy future.”